MARGARET JOHNSTON, 80, passed away on January 8, 2011, at her daughters home in Bowie. Margaret was born July 5, 1930, in St. Ignatius, Montana.

Margaret was a strong woman who liked to play cards, sew and make quilts, play poker, play bingo, ice fish, can fruits and vegetables, and make tamales. She also liked to go in the mountains and pick huckleberries so she could make jelly and cakes with them. Margaret had worked for the Tribal head start as a cook in Ronan, Montana, and she also cooked in Elmo, Pablo and Blue Bay, Montana for a while.